TripAdvisor Reviews El Comendador Boutique Hotel Havana

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... of the hotel we had a beer each after walking through other parts of this old and interesting building with old lifts, the old system of checking in areas etc. In the grounds at the front was a small cave area (Taganana Cave) and two large cannons that have been there since the wars of Independence and were involved with the Missile Crisis in 1962. At this stage the clouds decided to start dropping some rain on us so ...

I decided at noon that I just had to get up and do something, so I went out for a walk for a few hours. It was nice because I decided to do something a little different and not take my camera out with me. Sometimes I feel like I am hampered by the camera. I think that I need to get a picture of everything I see, so I don’t really get ...

... we wanted to do a day trip to Vinales (small village up north) in a vintage car the following day so we arranged this with Paulo (casa owner). We all wanted to hire a car to see the rest of the country too so that was our mission today to get that sorted for Monday.

We headed out and enquired in few rent a cars stores with no luck. All seemed to have no availability. We continued to wander around with a quick stop at a internet spot and also for a few midday ...

... ndale” which means go ahead. “Dale” (pronounce the “a” as in “about” and the “e” as in “met”) seems to be a word used to encourage going forward, in an environment where many conversations are about some kind of hardship or challenge. I found it symbolic of the spirit of many of the people we encountered: to be resourceful, figure it out and just make it ...